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Country life Great Britain Drama Families Great Britain Drama Great Britain Great Britain Social conditions 20th century Drama Household employees Great Britain Drama Man-woman relationships Great Britain Drama Revenge Drama Social classes Social classes Great Britain Drama United StatesSummary: It tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. A suburban wife and mother who led a secret double life, her remarkable contributions to the science of cryptology would...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CODCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CODSummary: This miniseries opens in Berkeley, California in 1938, where pampered, tenured professors, safe on the shores of peaceful America, dabble in radical politics as the world heads inevitably towards war. J. Robert Oppenheimer is such a one. Two events--one personal, one scientific--combine to change Oppy's life forever and catapult him from a moderately successful theoretician to a world famous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OPPSummary: When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by a new Secretary of Commerce, 'The Great Humanitarian' Herbert Hoover, an operation hailed for its efficiency, grit, and generosity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GRESummary: Documentary about Theodore Roosevelt. Explores the influence of Roosevelt's childhood, his rise to the U.S. Presidency, and the years after he left office.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRSummary: Set in the captivating world of 1960s New York, Mad Men follows iconic ad man Don Draper, his colleagues and his family for one final time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MADSummary: Returning for its sixth season, Mad Men explores the glamorous and ego-driven 'golden age' of advertising in late 1960s New York City. Don Draper and the rest of the cast continue to captivate as they deal with the aftereffects of adultery, divorce, a merger, and an ever-changing social climate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MADCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MADSummary: "October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WORCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WORSummary: Cullen Bohannon, a former soldier and slaveholder, follows the track of Union soldiers, who killed his wife. This brings him to the middle of one of the biggest projects in US history, the building of the railroad. After the war years in the 1860s, this connected the east with the still wild west.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HELSummary: In season four of AMC's top-rated drama, Hell freezes over. Following the brutal winter of 1868, the railroad is at a standstill and restless workers wreak havoc on Cheyenne. Cullen Bohannon is trapped in a fort with a pregnant wife and the Swede. Thomas Durant is broke and Elam Ferguson is presumed dead. The task of uniting America by rail remains undone and the costs and consequences are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HELSummary: Dr. Laszlo Kreizler treats mental pathologies -- a controversial new field in 1896 -- and it may unlock the secret to another new phenomenon: a ritualistic serial killer who is targeting young boys in New York City.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ALISummary: Set in New England during the Civil War, it chronicles the lives and loves of Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth, four sisters who must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small, after their father leaves for battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Entertainment 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LITCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LSummary: Dramatizes the historic feud between two families living along the Tug Fork River on the border between West Virginia and Kentucky in the late 1800s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HATSummary: Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Vision International 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV STOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STOSummary: A former Confederate soldier still haunted by his past, Cullen Bohannon made a home in Hell on Wheels hunting down the men responsible for killing his family. Following the Indian attack that destroyed the railroad settlement, Cullen spends a long winter reshaping his lust for revenge into a burning ambition, to take control of the Union Pacific and drive it across the country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HELSummary: The second season of AMC's post-Civil War series Hell on Wheels continues the story of former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, whose journey is filled with turmoil and danger as he struggles to leave a troubled past behind. Centered around the traveling town that follows the construction of the transcontinental railroad, the series examines the greed and corruption in man's fight for power.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hopscotch Entertainment 2013
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HELSummary: The year is 1925. Momentous changes threaten the great house, its owners, and its servants, while past scandals continue to loom. Return to the sumptuous setting of Downton Abbey for the sixth and final season to discover what will finally become of the Crawley family, and the servants who work for them, as they face new challenges and begin forging different paths in a rapidly changing world....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DOWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOW NOT RATEDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Downton 2016Summary: Set in England in the years leading up to the First World War, Downton Abbey tells the story of a complicated community. The house has been home to the Crawley family for many generations, but it is also where their servants live, and plan, and dream, and they are as fiercely jealous of their rank as anyone. Some of them are loyal to the family and committed to Downton as a way of life, others...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DOWSummary: "With historic reenactments, expert interviews, and first-hand accounts, learn about the people, bloody wars, and undenieable truths that have brought us up from slavery to emancipation road on the march to freedom"--container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MARSummary: Set in an Edwardian country house starting in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Carnival Film & Television Limited 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DOWSummary: As Season Five begins in 1924, the radio is the latest miracle, a new Labour government heralds changes through the land, and Downton's traditional ways are besieged on all fronts. Robert, Mary, and Branson must navigate these shifting sands together to ensure the future of the estate for generations to come. As Branson finds himself playing a more crucial role at Downton than ever before, he...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DOWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DOW NOT RATEDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Downton 2015Summary: The whiskey-drinking and jazz-loving vicar Sidney Chambers returns alongside his friend and veteran cop Inspector Geordie Keating for a second season of crime solving in the small country parish.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2016